24 September
Chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman has issued a statement on the report regarding the use of Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III funding. The Washington Post reported that the Defense Department used portions of the Covid-19 funding for buying military equipment instead of medical supplies. Hoffman said: “The CARES Act did not limit – nor did it intend to limit in its language – the use of Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III to only medical resources. As part of the efforts to mitigate economic damage, the Act allowed monies to be spent to support individuals and industries that had been impacted by Covid. This is exactly what DOD has done.”
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